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Gastrointestinal microbiota composition predicts peripheral inflammatory state during treatment of human tuberculosis

Nature Communications, 2021
Antibiotic therapy can lead to pathogen clearance, but also to alterations in the gut microbiota and systemic immune responses. Here, the authors analyze data from patients with tuberculosis and healthy subjects to show that pathogen clearance and gut ...
Matthew F. Wipperman, Shakti K. Bhattarai, Charles Kyriakos Vorkas, Venkata Suhas Maringati, Ying Taur, Laurent Mathurin, Katherine McAulay, Stalz Charles Vilbrun, Daphie Francois, James Bean, Kathleen F. Walsh, Carl Nathan, Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Michael S. Glickman, Vanni Bucci   +14 more
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Early initiation of fast‐track care for persons living with HIV initiating dolutegravir‐based regimens during a period of severe civil unrest in Port‐au‐Prince, Haiti: a pilot randomized trial

Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models have been widely implemented for patients in stable HIV care. However, DSD has rarely been offered to newly diagnosed patients.
Jean Bernard Marc, Samuel Pierre, Othnia Ducatel, Fabienne Homeus, Abigail Zion, Vanessa R. Rivera, Nancy Dorvil, Patrice Severe, Colette Guiteau, Vanessa Rouzier, Ingrid T. Katz, Carl Frederic Duchatelier, Guyrlaine Pierre Louis Forestal, Josette Jean, Guirlaine Bernadin, Emelyne Droit Dumont, Rose Cardelle B. Riche, Jean William Pape, Serena P. Koenig   +18 more
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Retention in Care among Patients with Early HIV Disease in Haiti

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2017
In September 2015, the World Health Organization updated their guidelines to recommend antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV. Countries are now in the process of implementing strategies to provide universal HIV treatment.
Kelly A. Hennessey BS, Taina Dadaille Leger MD, Vanessa R. Rivera BS, Adias Marcelin BS, Margaret L. McNairy MD, Colette Guiteau MD, Jessy G. Devieux PhD, Yvel Marcelin BS, Benedict Charles BS, Pierre-Yves Cremieux PhD, Serena P. Koenig, Jean W. Pape   +11 more
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Profile of Opportunistic Infections among HIV Patients Prior to Start of ART in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Rajasthan

RUHS Journal of Health Sciences, 2023
Introduction: HIV infection is a global pandemic causing immunodeficiency resulting in various opportunistic infections among patients suffering from HIV infection.
Sirohi , Akhil Gupta , Shalini Gupta
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Insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in Mamfene, KwaZulu-Natal

South African Journal of Science, 2015
The control of malaria vector mosquitoes in South Africa’s affected provinces is primarily based on indoor spraying of long-lasting residual insecticides. The primary vectors in South Africa are Anopheles arabiensis and An. funestus.
Basil D. Brook, Leanne Robertson, Maria L. Kaiser, Eric Raswiswi, Givemore Munhenga, Nelius Venter, Oliver R. Wood, Lizette L. Koekemoer   +7 more
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Distribution pattern and prevalence of opportunistic infections and their possible reciprocal effects among HIV patients, Burayu health centers, Ethiopia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023
Introduction: Opportunistic infections are a major public health problems in immuno-compromised individuals, particularly in HIV patients, and form a lethal combination, each speeding the progress of the other.
Melese Birmeka
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Association between charcoal cooking fuel and cardiovascular disease prevalence in Haiti: a cross-sectional analysis

Environmental Health
Background There is little evidence on the association between cooking with polluting fuels, particularly charcoal, and heart disease from low- and middle-income countries, which have the highest burdens of polluting fuels and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Lily D. Yan, Rodney Sufra, Reichling St Sauveur, Kelly Celestin, Vanessa Rouzier, Alexandra Apollon, Guyrlaine Forestal, Suzanne Edwidge Marcelin, Sarine Auguste, Josue Pierre, Erline Hilaire, James-Lee Fénélus, Anju Ogyu, Catherine Bennett, Rehana Rasul, Lindsay J. Underhill, Mark D. Huffman, Victor G. Davila-Roman, Jennifer L. Peel, Gene F. Kwan, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Jean W. Pape, Margaret L. McNairy   +22 more
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Stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to hypertension control in urban Haiti: a qualitative study to inform a community-based hypertension management intervention

BMC Public Health
Background Uncontrolled hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality and remains high in low-middle income countries like Haiti.
Reichling St Sauveur, Rodney Sufra, Marie Christine Jean Pierre, Joseph Inddy, Mirline Jean, Nour Mourra, Radhika Sundararajan, Margaret L. McNairy, Jean W. Pape, Vanessa Rouzier, Jessy Devieux, Lily D. Yan   +11 more
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Cryptococcosis in apparently immune-competent patients: taxonomy, epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
No abstract available.
Rachel Wake, Nelesh P. Govender
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Exploring convolutional neural networks and spatial video for on-the-ground mapping in informal settlements

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2021
Background The health burden in developing world informal settlements often coincides with a lack of spatial data that could be used to guide intervention strategies.
Jayakrishnan Ajayakumar, Andrew J. Curtis, Vanessa Rouzier, Jean William Pape, Sandra Bempah, Meer Taifur Alam, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Mohammed H. Rashid, Afsar Ali, John Glenn Morris   +9 more
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